It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaaregion. The town has a population of 35,304 (30 November 2014)[2] and covers an area of 30.79 square kilometres (11.89 sq mi) of which 0.17 km2 (0.066 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 1,152.97 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,986.2/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.